The original winner of America’s Next Top Model is reacting to Tyra Banks’ defamation lawsuit against Netflix following the platform’s bombshell docuseries, Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model.
“I read that Tyra Banks is suing Netflix because she didn’t like being edited,” Adrianne Curry, who won the inaugural season of the hit reality competition show, said in a video shared via Instagram on Sunday, June 14. “Biiiiiiiiiiiitch, for real girl? Like?”
Curry, 43, ended the video with a boisterous laugh.
“Trya doesn’t like being ‘edited,’” Curry captioned the post. “Lol. Welcome to the party, pal.”
One day earlier, the model named the streaming giant in a defamation lawsuit filed on Saturday, June 13, and obtained by People. Banks reportedly accused Netflix of defamation and heavily editing her on-camera interviews.
“Tyra Banks participated in the Netflix documentary series America’s Next Top Model (‘ANTM’) because she believed viewers deserved a candid conversation about the show’s legacy — its successes and its shortcomings,” the filing reportedly reads in part. “There are aspects of the show for which Ms. Banks takes accountability and she wanted ANTM viewers to hear that from her directly. Going into her interview, Ms. Banks did not limit the ANTM topics the interviewers could ask. During a three-and-a-half hour interview, Ms. Banks answered questions about the show’s groundbreaking history, including criticism of decisions she would approach differently today.”
Netflix has not publicly responded to the reported lawsuit. Us Weekly reached out to the streaming platform for comment but did not hear back at the time of publication.
Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model, which premiered on February 16, featured rare interviews with executive producers Banks and Ken Mok and former judges Jay Manuel, Miss J. Alexander and Nigel Barker as they broke down the reality competition’s best — and worst — moments. Former contestants — including Whitney Thompson, Giselle Samson, Shannon Stewart, Shandi Sullivan, Danielle “Dani” Evans and Keenyah Hill — also opened up about their behind-the-scenes experiences, which they claimed included discrimination and sexual assault.
Curry reacted to the docuseries shortly after its release, accusing Banks of simply feigning her remorse over some of the show’s more controversial and downright detrimental moments.
Tiffany Richardson broke her silence about Netflix’s tell-all America’s Next Top Model docuseries — and made it very clear where she currently stands with Tyra Banks. Netflix released Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model on Monday, February 16, which featured Banks, 52, addressing the infamous moment she yelled at Richardson on the show. Richardson, […]
“I have made respect for Tyra Banks,” Curry said in a sarcastic video shared online. “She is not sorry. She is not apologizing to you. That bitch is not effing sorry. She will not bend the knee. And I respect that.”
She continued at the time, “We want her to lie, lie and say how bad she feels? Everyone’s coming to me and they’re like, ‘None of the judges are sorry.’ Why should they be? They’re all loaded. Why should they give a flying f***, you know? If they didn’t give a f*** at the time, they certainly ain’t gonna give a f*** now.”
Curry concluded the video by addressing Banks.
“Keep on being yourself, which is someone who doesn’t give a flying s***,” she said, before breaking into laughter.
